drug overdose

Hanover Park Teen Dies from Possible Drug Overdose in Car in Kohl’s Parking Lot, Schaumburg

Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:51 pm Cardinal News

Police, firefighter, and paramedics from Schaumburg responded about 6:44 p.m. Saturday, November 25, 2023 to a report of a possible narcotics overdose victim in need of help in the Kohl’s parking lot near the driveway […]

Police at scene where a teen died from complications of cocaine and alcohol intoxication on Sunday, May 28, 2023 at about 2:30 a.m.

Des Plaines Teen Dies from Cocaine and Alcohol Use in Parking Lot at Golf Rd and Meacham Rd Schaumburg

Wed Jun 28, 2023 03:15 pm Cardinal News

Police, firefighter, and paramedics from Schaumburg responded about 2:29 a.m. May 28, 2023 to a report of a male unresponsive from a possible drug overdose in a parking lot at the southeast corner of Golf […]

Naloxone HCl Nasal Spray (SOURCE: Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Health and the San Francisco Department of Health. Naloxone for opioid safety: a provider’s guide to prescribing naloxone to patients who use opioids. January 2015)

Cook County Sheriff’s Police Officers Reverse Opioid Overdose with Naloxone on Chicago’s West Side on Superior St Sunday

Sun Dec 13, 2020 07:22 pm Cardinal News

The quick and compassionate work of Cook County Sheriff’s Police reversed a deadly overdose in Chicago on Friday morning, according to Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart today. At approximately 9:40 a.m., Sunday, December 13, […]

CBS 2 Chicago’s Dana Koslov Helps Collapsed Drug Overdose Victim While Reporting on Drug Overdoses in East Garfield Park Neighborhood

Wed Apr 24, 2019 04:55 am Cardinal News

CBS 2 Chicago’s Dana Kozlov was doing a report about Chicago’s drug epidemic, and she rushed to help a victim who overdosed right in front of her. CBS 2 Chicago’s Dana Koslov was in the […]

Man Who Died on Trace Drive Near Dundee Rd in Buffalo Grove, Likely Suffered a Drug Overdose

Thu Aug 17, 2017 03:35 pm Cardinal News

When Buffalo Grove police and Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics arrived to a report of a an unresponsive man down on the ground in the block of 600 Trace Drive in Buffalo Grove, they discovered a man […]

Opioid Overdoses and Deaths in Kentucky Are Alarmly Higher than Cook County, Illinois

Sat Feb 11, 2017 03:49 pm Cardinal News

Louisville Metro Emergency Services responded to 52 overdose calls between midnight Wednesday and 8 a.m. ET Friday, said agency spokesman Mitchell Burmeister. Kentucky has one of the highest fatal overdose rates in the country, according […]

Possible Drug Overdose at a Store Near Northwest Highway and Dryden Place, Arlington Heights

Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:05 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:13 PM Thursday, January 12, 2017 to a report of a possible drug overdose at a store near Northwest Highway and Dryden Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics […]

Police, Paramedics Warned to Wear Masks to Prevent Accidental Exposure to Carfentanil in Illegal Drugs

Tue Dec 13, 2016 01:06 pm Cardinal News

The Days of Tasting a Dab of White Power Are Long Over Police and firefighter/paramedics are being warned about being exposed to illegal drugs contaminated with Carfentanil. Inhaled powder from the drug, spilled on a […]

Lake Zurich Man Died from Fentanyl Analog — System Had Drug Never Detected in Cook County Investigations

Sat Dec 10, 2016 03:31 am Cardinal News

A 35-year-old Lake Zurich man is one of the first people known to die of an overdose due to a specific fentanyl analog. Also, a 46-year-old man is the first to die with Carfentanil detected […]

5 Overdose Victims at House in Unincorporated Lake Villa Just East of Petite Lake

Sun May 15, 2016 11:49 am Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded about 11:00 PM Saturday May 14, 2016 to a house in the 39300 block of North Lake Avenue, Unincorporated Lake Villa, for a report of five people overdosing on an […]

If Prince Died of Overdose, He May Not Have Had Personal Naloxone Kit or May Not Have Had Enough Narcan

Fri Apr 22, 2016 07:52 am Cardinal News

TMZ: Prince treated for drug overdose days before his death in Moline. UPDATE: TMZ reported after this article that sources in Moline, Illinois told TMZ that Prince’s entourage told responders he had taken Percocet (opioid […]

Dangerous Concoction of Heroin Near K-Town and East Garfield Park Neighborhood, Chicago — Possibly Laced with Fentanyl

Sat Oct 3, 2015 10:24 am Cardinal News

Dangerous batches of narcotics — apparently heroin laced with the painkiller fentanyl threatened the lives of at least 74 people on the West Side of Chicago between Tuesday and Thursday this week. Chicago Fire Department […]

Arlington Heights Girl, Age 17, Dies of Apparent Drug Overdose in Libertyville; Same Week Two Were Revived at Dryden Place Apartments

Thu Aug 6, 2015 01:36 pm Cardinal News

The same week Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics were rescuing two people in separate incidents at an apartment complex on Dryden Place near Kensington Road, a 17-year-old girl from Arlington Heights was found dead in […]

CNN: Lynn Webster Investigated for Deaths Coinciding with Painkiller Prescriptions

Sun Dec 22, 2013 07:47 pm Cardinal News

Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates patient deaths at Lifetree pain clinic in Utah. Dr. Lynn Webster, Director of the CRI Lifetree pain clinic in Utah was previously director of Lifetree Pain Clinic in Utah. Opioid Risk […]

Police and Paramedics Respond to Report of Heroin Overdose Near Sunset Meadows Park, Arlington Heights

Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:27 am Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:19 PM Monday to a report of a drug overdose victim near Sunset Meadows Park. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a male victim, age 19, overdosed […]

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